High-quality prenatal multivitamins
A World Where All Pregnant Women Have the Best Prenatal Multivitamins
Scaling high-quality prenatal multivitamins for all pregnant women offers an opportunity for transformative change. This solution is one of the cheapest ways to save lives.
Access to prenatal multivitamins is a health equity issue
All Pregnant Women Deserve Prenatal Multivitamins
In low- and middle-income countries – where the prevalence of malnutrition is high – pregnant women either receive a lesser supplement to what’s available and recommended by doctors in high-income countries – or nothing at all.
A crisis for women & girls
Malnutrition in pregnancy is life-threatening.
Over one billion women and girls suffer from malnutrition, which hinders their potential and jeopardizes future generations. Adolescent girls and women in poorer regions face the greatest burdens of this devastating crisis.
A small tablet with a big impact
We can nourish women in pregnancy & save lives.
Prenatal multivitamins – known as Multiple Micronutrient Supplements (MMS) – can prevent anemia, support a healthy pregnancy, and give babies a strong start.
A cost-effective solution
Prenatal multivitamins are a smart investment with significant returns.
MMS costs less than $0.02 per tablet – or $4 per pregnancy. For a total of $1.1 billion, we could reach 260 million women with MMS by the end of 2030.
Daily MMS, Lifelong Impact
Improved pregnancies give babies the best start in life – and in some contexts, these vitamins are the cheapest way to save lives.
$4
The total cost per pregnancy for better prenatal vitamins.
$1.1 billion
The key to saving more than half a million lives, improving birth outcomes for 5 million babies, and preventing anemia in 15 million pregnant women.
29%
Fewer infant deaths when anemic women are given MMS instead of the current global standard.
19%
Fewer babies born too small when anemic women are given MMS instead of the current global standard.
Global momentum for MMS
What a $1.1 billion investment will do
Better prenatal vitamins mean healthier mothers & babies
Making sure women around the world have better prenatal vitamins by 2030 could save 600,000 lives, improve birth outcomes for more than five million babies, and prevent anemia in over 15 million pregnant women.
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